Food products and feed from Russia were brought into Latvia in the first nine months of 2026 by 116 companies, while 39 companies imported such goods from Belarus, the Food and Veterinary Service (PVD) told the LETA news agency. At border control points, 36 Latvian companies were named as recipients of shipments from Russia and 15 Latvian companies as recipients of shipments from Belarus.
Compared with the same nine months of 2025, the number of Latvian companies bringing food and feed from Belarus fell by 48%, and the number bringing such goods from Russia fell by 23%, the service said.
PVD figures show that 129,603 tonnes of food products and feed entered Latvia from Russia in those nine months, and 44,825 tonnes from Belarus. Together, the two countries accounted for 174,428 tonnes.
The largest category from Russia was food-industry residues, waste and prepared animal feed: 108,138 tonnes, all of them with Latvia recorded as the final destination. Sugar confectionery followed, at 15,398 tonnes. Of that, Latvia was listed as the destination for 15,373 tonnes and another European Union country for 25 tonnes. Edible vegetables, certain roots and tubers totalled 3,148 tonnes, and every one of those consignments was recorded as destined for another EU member state.
Imports from Belarus were led by sugar and sugar confectionery, at 34,127 tonnes. Latvia was the stated destination for 33,901 tonnes and another EU country for 226 tonnes. Food-industry residues, waste and prepared animal feed from Belarus totalled 13,254 tonnes, with Latvia named for 6,488 tonnes and another EU country for 6,766 tonnes. Beverages, alcoholic liquids and vinegar amounted to 3,418 tonnes, of which Latvia was the destination for 3,398 tonnes and other EU countries for 20 tonnes.
PVD recalled that agricultural and feed products banned for import into Latvia under Cabinet regulations may still be brought in and released for free circulation when they are supplied to a recipient in another member state with a value-added-tax exemption. The service said it has no information on the customs procedure applied after that. PVD is a state administration body under the Ministry of Agriculture and supervises food circulation and veterinary medicine.